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Species

Catoptropteryx nana Huxley, 1970

CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: male pronotum, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520824; 6e0d9cad-e216-4aea-b432-1d485588a494: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522487; eb19f9b9-4c9e-4ff9-9fda-457dcedb8d59: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522487; eb19f9b9-4c9e-4ff9-9fda-457dcedb8d59: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536035; 9a53f805-e75b-4c59-9986-401a7d9d9b27: male pronotum, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536035; 9a53f805-e75b-4c59-9986-401a7d9d9b27: male pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536035; 9a53f805-e75b-4c59-9986-401a7d9d9b27: male face (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536035; 9a53f805-e75b-4c59-9986-401a7d9d9b27: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536035; 9a53f805-e75b-4c59-9986-401a7d9d9b27: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Catoptropteryx nanus Huxley, 1970: 147.

    Holotype; female; eb19f9b9-4c9e-4ff9-9fda-457dcedb8d59; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Cameroon: Efulen

  • Catoptropteryx nanus Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2013: 126.
  • Catoptropteryx nana Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2021: 432.
  • Catoptropteryx nana Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2025: 26.

References (6)

  • Huxley, J. (1970) A revision of the genus Catoptropteryx Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24(5), 129–170. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis24entolond
  • Massa, B. (2013) Diversity of leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) of Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, with selected records from other African countries. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 22(2), 125–152. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.022.0201
  • Massa, B., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • Massa, B. (2021) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 4974(3), 401–458.
  • Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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